US EditionHiker Goes Missing After Brown Bear Attack in Hokkaido
Local police and Shiretoko Nature Foundation report increased brown bear encounters with hikers, including close approaches within 3 to 4 meters, prompting safety restrictions on Mt. Rausu.
Summary by The Japan Times
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Man dragged away by brown bear on Hokkaido mountain
A man in his 20s was attacked and dragged away by a brown bear Thursday on Mount Rausu on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido and remains missing, according to local police. Authorities were notified around 11:10 a.m. by the man's companion after the two encountered the bear at an…
·Sakado, Japan
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Shiretoko authorities are searching the island of Hokkaido, north of Japan, for a 20-year-old who was attacked and dragged by a bear into a wooded and mountainous eastern area...
·Madrid, Spain
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[NHK] On the morning of the 14th, a hiker contacted police, saying that a male friend had been attacked and dragged away by a bear near Mount Rausu in Shari Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido.
·Tokyo, Japan
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Total News Sources8
Leaning Left1Leaning Right4Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Right
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources lean Right
57% Right
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